[Amended 8-7-2006 by Ord.
No. 2487; 4-20-2015 by Ord. No. 3180]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
chapter, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be fined
not less than $100 nor more than $750 for each violation thereof;
and each day a violation continues shall constitute as a separate
offense.
Any person arrested for a violation of any provision of this
chapter shall be released upon proper bail being furnished as required
by statute.
The fact that an automobile which is illegally operated or parked
is registered in the name of a person shall be considered prima facie
proof that such person was in control of the automobile at the time
of such violation.
[Added 4-15-2013 by Ord.
No. 3019; amended 4-21-2014 by Ord. No. 3094]
A.
Any person accused of a violation of an ordinance prohibiting parking
a vehicle in a designated area, or restricting the length of time
a vehicle may be there parked, or parking in a metered area without
putting a coin in the meter to cover the required time, may settle
and compromise the claim against him or her for such illegal parking
by paying to the City the sum of $50 for the first violation and $75
for subsequent violations (within 24 hours of the time such alleged
offense was committed), except those cases where, by ordinance, separate
and different penalties are listed, in which instance the listed penalty
shall prevail. Such payment shall be made at the City Clerk's office
and a receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and such
money shall be promptly turned over to the Treasurer to be credited
to the general revenue fund.
B.
This section shall not apply to persons parking a vehicle so as to
obstruct the entrance or exit of any place where Police Department
or Fire Protection District apparatus or other emergency equipment
is kept or housed, or so as to block an emergency entrance in a hospital;
nor shall this section apply to any person charged with parking a
vehicle so as to entirely obstruct traffic in any street or alley,
or parking in such a way as to reduce traffic on an arterial street
to one-way traffic only; nor to any person who refuses to move a vehicle
illegally parked at the request of any member of the Police Department.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
Fourteen-day delinquent parking violations: $90.
